EDMONTON - Innisfail-Sylvan Lake MLA Devin Dreeshen has been named Alberta's minister of Agriculture and Forestry with the new United Conservative Party (UCP) provincial government.
Dreeshen, the son of Red Deer-Mountain View MP Earl Dreeshen, was sworn in Tuesday morning at Government House in Edmonton.
He was first elected as MLA for the UCP in a 2018 byelection to replace Don McIntyre, who had resigned over sex offence allegations and was later jailed. Dreeshen went on to easily win his seat during the April 16 provincial election.
Before entering provincial politics Dreeshen was a policy advisor to federal Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz from 2008 to 2015.
The region will also be represented in the new UCP cabinet by Jason Nixon, the MLA for the Rimbey-Rocky Mountain House-Sundre riding. First elected in 2015, Nixon is the new minister of Environment and Parks.
